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LockheedTheDragon

@ LockheedTheDragon @lemmy.world

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  • What women want

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  • If you own a sewing machine I suggest if any of those clothes have mini pockets ripping the seams and adding fabric to make a big pocket. Help her take back her power!

  • What women want

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  • My SIL doesn't want pockets, but she is wealthy and into style. I think some of the women who don't want pockets are into style and/or looking wealthy enough to not need pockets.

    Women who are pragmatic want pockets.

    I've been ripping open pockets and sewing more fabric onto them making them big.

  • What’s the most ridiculous “life hack” you’ve ever heard of?

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  • Air conditioning units actually condition the air.

    I grew up in a house that had an air conditioning unit and an evaporative cooler (we called it a swamp cooler). Swamp coolers are awesome when you live in dry place. Only when the humidity gets too high you need to switch over to the AC. Swamp coolers are cheaper to run so cue arguments on trying to get my parents to switch to the AC when it starts getting humid. 😆

  • Five-star-ratings everywhere

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  • Capitalism tries to get as much out of their employees as possible. Meaning employees fear of losing your job of you don't get the highest rating. And if you are in the USA that means losing benefits and quickly running out of money. Give employees the highest rating, unless it actually bad, because they are forced to live in capitalism.

  • What movie(s) did you watch 10+ times and offered something new with each view?

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  • "Perfect Blue" by Satoshi Kon. Watching it dubbed multiple times so I notice the visuals. Also the changes between the sub and dub can bring more understanding.

  • What's the most "First world problem" you've experienced?

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  • The ice maker stopped working and When I make Sodastream I pour it over ice so I wouldn't make Sodastream soda and was "forced" to drink the Cokes in the fridge. It took 2 days before the ice machine was fixed.

  • how many people came to this platform due to leaving / being banned from Reddit?

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  • I lived through Livejournal choosing to destroy itself and saw Reddit doing the same things and worse and walked away. Choosing short term profits over people makes me NOPE out. No bans or warnings for me. I guess I just don't type "dangerous" stuff even though I consider myself pretty opinionated.

  • Once it's on the Internet, it stays forever, but only for the things you DON'T want. For the things you DO want, it will be wiped off the face of the Earth by tomorrow.

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  • Assume anything you post will live on. Everything else could vanish so save it if you need the evidence.

  • Cyber Security Card Game

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  • A non serious game like that could be fun. I remember hearing someone made a fan made Cards Against Humanity Cyber Security deck.

  • Cyber Security Card Game

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  • I'll check out Backdoor and Breaches. Thanks. That's how the best picture. Tried the QR and Google image search and nothing The picture is so old I can't remember why I didn't take a better picture or a picture of the name. 😆 Thankfully it looks like someone else found it. While I wanted the name I really wanted to know of any other games like this. I want to make a list.

  • Cybersecurity @sh.itjust.works
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    Cyber Security Card Game

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • "Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely." Rules and leaders are needed, but they always have the chance of being misused. That why checks and balances are always needed.

    You have the normal rules and norms, but what if you take them to an absurd level. Let's say your in a Club. It has a rule that only members allowed and every member has to dress nice and be clean and presentable at all times inside. Well one member falls into the food table, getting food all over them and breaking their leg. Does the manager of the Club demand the person who fell get up and leave immediately? After all they are no longer clean and presentable. Well a reasonable Club would care more about having the person not move and getting emergency services in there. A cult would demand they get up and leave. The emergency personnel wouldn't be allowed inside anyway since they are not members.

    I see the parallel because I see cults as normal behaviors taken to the extreme.

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • A philosophy group could turn into a cult. A lot of cults start out as going against whatever everyone else is doing/thinking.

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • I agree. Science is a tool, people don't believe in science. You use science. You don't believe in gravity you accept it and our current understanding of it. Which may change as our tools to measure and understand our environment get better.

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • Atheism isn't really a community either. The atheism community is more people who lack a belief in a god who banded together in various areas to protect themselves and others against having religious things forced onto them. Now an atheist group could turn into a cult because once you have a group systems of control can take over and it could turn into an authoritarian group.

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • Any group can become a cult, because cults are systems of control. Loosely organized groups are going to have a harder time becoming one, but sporting club which probably have rules and hierarchies, a soup kitchen is probably a nonprofit so would need rules and leaders. Artistic communities may have rules to use the space. Any group can become authoritarian if they get structured enough.

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • AA could be a cult. Synanon which was a drug rehab organization became a cult. A lot of cults start out as positive and affirmative groups.

  • What is an opposite version of a cult ?

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  • I think of cults as more of systems of control. MLMs, jobs (Theranos), large-group awareness training (nxivm), political groups (Maga), exercise groups (CrossFit), fandoms, book clubs, families, online groups, etc can all be cults.

    I suggest the podcast IndoctriNation⁠ by Rachel Bernstein to see many ways these "systems of control" as she calls them can manifest.

    I personally think that cult behavior is just normal behavior taken to the extreme so there really isn't an opposite. Maybe being alone with no relationships.

    The various types of groups we are on family, friends, work, recreational, etc have various controls on how you act and speak. This isn't necessarily bad. You probably want to be a little different with family than with your hobby group. I explained the broader meaning of cults to my Dad and he said the Marines have those aspects. I think an important part to know if a group is probably fine is if you can leave with no issues. If there are consequences to leaving the group that's a huge red flag.

    I suggest looking at the BITE Model of Authoritarian Control. Which is a useful tool to check if a group is a cult. You can read up on problems with this tool, but it's still a good starting point.

    Edit: No one joins a cult. They join groups for positive reasons and then those groups either turn into cults or as they get deeper into the group the control parts are introduced.

    We all probably brushed up against cults without knowing. You could go to an exercise/spiritual/hobby/other group and what you don't know is if you had gotten more involved and took the special classes, or volunteered and became a part of the in group you could have become a part of a cult.

  • What do you use as your personal domain for email?

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  • I have multiple emails. My email for everything which is pretty generic Gmail (I'm slowly moving away from that to a less generic domain) and first@firstlast.tld which is only for business, so I use it for LinkedIn, resume, professional stuff only. Use a place like Tuta and get their app that way you get a notification when you're business address gets emails. I have Gmail, Tuta, Proton, and Yahoo apps on my phone. All with different email addresses so notification give me an idea of what it is (like Yahoo is probably spam. Gmail is general life stuff.)

  • Google makes it easier to remove your contact information from Search results

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  • Give Google all your data. Well you have already given it because you used their services. So give it again and they will tell you when it shows up on 3rd party sites and you can request that info not show up in Google's search results. Note that the info would still be on the 3rd party site.